Projected capacitance into the new favorite tablet PC

Monolithic glass touch technology has demonstrated the momentum of future growth. Mobile phone and tablet computer brand manufacturers have shown strong interest in the introduction of this emerging structure. Basically, in addition to saving material costs, the one-piece glass touch technology also helps to reduce the weight of the handheld terminal device. With touch module manufacturers actively investing in new applications, new technologies and new structures, along with the booming market of handheld devices (especially smart phones and tablet computers), the evolution of touch technology and the evolution of the industry ecosystem have become quite significant. vitality.

NPD DisplaySearch publishes the global touch panel market analysis report every year in June. However, in order to understand the industry development of the previous year in a more timely manner, starting from 2010, we chose to conduct research and estimation of shipments for the current year in the fourth quarter. Although the coverage of the survey is not as complete as the annual report, but because we have chosen the representative manufacturers from all regions, we have a significant indicator of the market situation in the current year and the development trend in the coming year, and it has a more important timeliness.

The report for the fourth quarter of 2011 includes the actual shipments of the surveyed in the first half of the year and also includes the shipping estimates for the second half of the year. The survey was conducted between November and December 2011, and therefore has higher accuracy for the shipping estimates in the second half of the year. The research objects include touch sensors, touch modules and touch control chip manufacturers.

Projected Capacitive and Resistive accounted for 40.6% and 56.7% of the shipments respectively in 2010. However, according to the results of the fourth quarter of 2011, under the scrutiny of the introduction of mobile phones and tablet computers and vigorous shipments, in 2011, projected capacitors exceeded both resistive and consumer electronics in terms of both shipment and revenue. The mainstream of product touch technology. For example, in 2010, mobile phone resistive touch modules shipped around 240 million units a year, but according to the statistics of the fourth quarter of 2011, the cumulative estimates for the shipments of the key manufacturers surveyed were only about 130 million units. Left and right; this shows that the resistive decline trend seems to have become a foregone conclusion. However, the resistive type still has its technical special advantages (for example: support for stylus pens or with insulating gloves for operation); there is also an increasing trend in the application of on-vehicle displays, from 15 million in 2010. It has grown to 16 million pieces in 2011.